What Jackie Taught Us by Tina Santi Flaherty (9780399167607)

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What Jackie Taught Us offers insights from the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis about how to live with poise, grace, and zest, including wisdom about image and style, courage and vision, men, marriage, and motherhood.
She was a woman of confidence and passion who drew on a remarkable wealth of self-knowledge and a sense of purpose to cope with extraordinary public demands and overwhelming private needs.
What Jackie Taught Us offers insights from the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis about how to live with poise, grace, and zest, including wisdom about image and style, courage and vision, men, marriage, and motherhood.
This Commemorative Edition features contributions from notable individuals amplifying the ways in which Jackie's life has influenced them - and society at large - over the past several decades, including-
Liz Smith, columnist and author of Natural Blonde
Kent Barwick, president emeritus of the Municipal Art Society of New York
C. D. Greene, fashion designer
Ashton Hawkins, former executive vice president and counsel to the trustees at the Metropolitian Musem of Art
A. E. Hotchner, author of Papa Hemingway and O. J. in the Morning, G&T at Night
Declan Kiely, curator and department head at the Morgan Library & Museum
Marguerite Kelly, syndicated columnist and author of The Mother's Almanac
Malachy McCourt, actor, activist, and author of Malachy McCourt's History of ireland
Lynne Olson, author of Citizens of London and Those Angry Days
Edna O'Brien, author of the Country Girls Trilogy and Country Girl- A Memoir
Hank O'Neal, photographer and author of XCIA's Street Art Project
Allen Packwood, director of the Churchill Archives at the University of Cambridge
Jennifer Raab, president of Hunter college
Dr. Andrew Roberts, FRSL, historian and author of Napoleon and Wellington
This edition also includes the complete text of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy's special tribute to his sister-in-law at her funeral on May 23, 1994.

Commemorating the 20th anniversary of her death- a new edition including contributions from a host of luminaries reflecting on Jackie O's enduring legacy.
'The most attractive, exasperating, intelligent, frustrating historical icon ever. She was the First Lady to end all First Ladies for never giving herself away.' Liz Smith, columnist and author of Natural Blonde

'She went through life veiled, and left it with her stardust intact.' Edna O'Brien, author of Country Girl- A Memoir

'If Churchill was a lion, then Jacqueline Kennedy was a lioness . . . she too became a symbol of human and moral courage.' Allen Packwood, director of the Churchill Archives at the University of Cambridge-

'From the moment Jackie fell in love with Kennedy, her first love, it was a love that never wavered. She knew from the start that she was in a very green pasture-greener than any that may be beyond.' A.E. Hotchner, author of Papa Hemingway

'Jackie will always be remembered for saving Grand Central. But the enduring even greater gift to the country was Jackie's willingness to stand up for what she believed even if it meant confronting those in power.' Kent Barwick, President Emeritus, Municipal Art Society of New York

'She used the charismatic power of her charm not only on the men in her life, but to gain new respect worldwide for these United States.' Malachy McCourt, author of Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland

'She was 'the Presence' that young mothers needed during such a turbulent time . . . we did our best to make our children look and act like Caroline and John-John.' Marguerite Kelly, syndicated columnist and coauthor of The Mother's Almanac-

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